Key result
Critical care echocardiography is a valuable diagnostic tool in the ICU, but its direct effect on patient outcomes remains unproven due to a lack of prospective randomized controlled trials.
Why the study?
Does critical care echocardiography improve patient outcomes in critically ill patients in the ICU?
Does critical care echocardiography improve patient outcomes in critically ill patients in the ICU?
While critical care echocardiography is a well-demonstrated diagnostic tool in the ICU, its direct impact on patient outcomes remains unproven by prospective randomized trials.
Caution against assuming outcome benefits from critical care echocardiography in ICU; leaves open efficacy pending prospective RCTs.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Critical care echocardiography offers a comprehensive assessment of cardiac anatomy and function performed by the intensivist at point of care. This has resulted in widespread use of critical care echocardiography in ICUs leading to the question if this increased usage has resulted in improved patient outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies have evaluated the role of critical care echocardiography in the ICU with an emphasis on establishing accurate diagnosis and measurement of haemodynamic variables. There are no prospective randomized controlled trials that have examined the effect of critical care echocardiography on patient outcomes SUMMARY: Although the effect of critical care echocardiography on patient outcomes has not yet been established, its value as a diagnostic tool has been well demonstrated. We can only assume that its diagnostic capability leads to an improvement in patient outcomes.
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Singh et al. (2018) conducted a review in critically ill. Critical care echocardiography was evaluated on patient outcomes. Critical care echocardiography is a valuable diagnostic tool in the ICU, but its direct effect on patient outcomes remains unproven due to a lack of prospective randomized controlled trials.
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